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Topic: Thor: The Toys! (Read 12011 times)

I find it amusing that Hasbro keeps releasing just one (or none) bad guy in their initial Marvel movie lines, yet that seems to be the one figure everyone wants. Hopefully the revision case assortment is 11 Destroyers and a Loki.

I find it amusing that Hasbro keeps releasing just one (or none) bad guy in their initial Marvel movie lines, yet that seems to be the one figure everyone wants. Hopefully the revision case assortment is 11 Destroyers and a Loki.

You know they won't be that smart. I'm assuming they're applying the standard logic to the toys that it'll be kids buying them, rather than collectors. As long as the movie is a hit (and the others aren't) then they're probably smart in doing so because collectors will comprise a small amount of the market. But like the Crystal Skull, if it's not a huge hit then it's the usual movie related toy nightmare waiting to happen.

I won't buy that Loki given a MU version is coming. I would snap up Destroyer if I can and will probably buy all I see given how popular it's bound to be with collectors. I suspect there's a few people like me that never got it in the ML scale and would welcome it in the MU scale.

I found some of these at a local Target yesterday. I picked up the Sword Spike Thor since he appeared to be the most basic Thor currently available. They also had a one or two other variants on Thor, Odin, and one each of Loki and the Frost Giant, who I bet I'll regret not buying now. So it looks like just wave 1 is all that's available right now, and this Target got only one case, so hopefully Hasbro and the retailers aren't going to go nuts with this line like they did IM2.

I think I now realize why the case of Thor figures went OOS on HTS the other day - I think they did it to change the price. It was, iirc, $82.99, now it is $94.99.

That kinda stinks because I have entertained the thought of actually ordering MU cases from HTS had they put them up for sale in a timely fashion. But now, I am guessing newer cases will follow suit with the Thor line and raise the cost.

I looked over these things at TRU yesterday. They are god-awful. The 12" version or whatever that talks had me laughing out loud. I mean, how do you mis-pronounce THOR?!?! IT'S ONE FREAKING SYLLABLE! How does a Norse God talk with a Bristish accent? ("I...AM...THAWR") Where's the hat with wings?

I hate to play the bitter old man card yet again, but will they every make a comic book movie that actually resembles the comic it is based on?

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I looked over these things at TRU yesterday. They are god-awful. The 12" version or whatever that talks had me laughing out loud. I mean, how do you mis-pronounce THOR?!?! IT'S ONE FREAKING SYLLABLE! How does a Norse God talk with a Bristish accent? ("I...AM...THAWR") Where's the hat with wings?

I hate to play the bitter old man card yet again, but will they every make a comic book movie that actually resembles the comic it is based on?

Agreed...the quality of stuff I looked at last night was absolutely terrible. Unpainted joints, misplaced eyes, weird ass washes. They looked like ass

Our local Target had the new Thor stuff out today as well - Wave 1 (Three different Thors I believe, Odin, and Loki), the Hammer/Helmet role play stuff, and the larger Thor figure. I didn't look closely at the rest I guess.